Re: where would i configure an external HD to be automounted?
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:37:19PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> ah, thanks for reminding me how autofs works -- it's not the
> plugging in, it's the *attempt* to access contents under that mount
> point that automounts it. i'm embarrassed to have forgotten that.
Pretty normal. I tend to forget seemingly obvious features in software,
even after short durations of not using those features!
> so i tried to list the contents under the appropriate mount point
> and, sure enough, there was a pause and the contents appeared.
> mystery solved. i was clearly thinking of udev and was thinking that
> the mounting would take place when the drive was plugged in, and i
> kept checking the output of the "mount" command before i'd even tried
> to access anything under the mount point.
>
> my fault. just being dense today.
Glad to know it worked for you! :-)
Kumar
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